Sunday, December 22, 2013

5 New Articles on MakeUseOf

Cool Websites & Tools – Create Your Own Siri, Use A Fake GPS, & Self-Destruct Your Notes
Nominating The Best Consumer Technology Innovations of 2013
Learn All About Santa, Just In Time For Christmas [Weird & Wonderful Web]
Introducing Kano – A Computer Anyone Can Make
6 Useful and Beautiful Winter Sports Apps for Android

Cool Websites & Tools – Create Your Own Siri, Use A Fake GPS, & Self-Destruct Your Notes

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 08:31 PM PST

Treycent – is a site that enables you to create your own Siri-like virtual assistant. Load Salesforce reports, SharePoint documents or YouTube videos by voice command. Link spoken questions or phrases to any URL. Works with the Internet, intranet or password-protected sites. Share with friends or team members, collaborate to build your own question answering site. Tred – Test drive and compare cars side by side from your doorstep. Test as many cars as you want, and up to two at once. Cars are delivered by Tred Experts who answer your questions without the sales pressure and empower you to...

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Nominating The Best Consumer Technology Innovations of 2013

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 06:30 PM PST

2013 was a year of interesting technological advancements. We even listed a month-by-month breakdown of the best tech released in the past 12 months. With so many gadgets to choose from, which device takes the crown as the best consumer tech of 2013? Here’s a quick look at a few contenders and why they’re in the running. We’d love to know what you’re voting for, so tell us in the comments! via bestchoicereviews.org

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Learn All About Santa, Just In Time For Christmas [Weird & Wonderful Web]

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 05:30 PM PST

This week in Weird & Wonderful Web, we learn all about Santa, just in time for Christmas. This is a fat man who spends 364 days of the year sitting around doing very little, but who then manages the impossible by delivering presents to kids around the world in the space of one night. He’s a legend and an enigma, but what does the Internet think of good ol’ Saint Nick? The Evolution Of Santa Claus Who is Santa Claus, anyway? He’s been around in one form or another for centuries, starting life as St. Nicholas before slowly evolving into...

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Introducing Kano – A Computer Anyone Can Make

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:00 PM PST

Imagine a world where, with 4 snaps and the flick of a switch, you could build a computer yourself. Well, that world is here. Introducing Kano, a new project that provides users with a complete computer system inside of a very small package – a LEGO-like computer, if you will. Just snap the controller circuit board into its case, slide in the wireless keyboard adapter, the power cord and the monitor, and you’re in business. What sort of business you get up to is completely up to you. Kano is billed as a “computer and coding kit for all ages,...

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6 Useful and Beautiful Winter Sports Apps for Android

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 08:00 AM PST

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, winter is bearing down on us in full blast. Winter means snow and snow means snow sports – which, for the most part, can be boiled down to skiing and snowboarding. There’s no denying the adrenaline rush that you get from both sports and there’s nothing that can really compare. Are you excited yet? If you’re planning on skiing or snowboarding this winter season, there’s more for you to do than simply reading skiing/snowboarding websites and admiring winter sport wallpapers. There are some great Android apps out on the market, both free...

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